einen Vogel haben
[ˈaɪ̯nən ˈfoːɡl̩ ˈhabm̩]
The verdict
“einen Vogel haben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht so ganz bei Verstand sein; verrückt sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-einen-vogel-haben · einen Vogel haben · German
einen Vogel haben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einen Vogel haben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nən ˈfoːɡl̩ ˈhabm̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einen Vogel haben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einen Vogel haben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nən ˈfoːɡl̩ ˈhabm̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht so ganz bei Verstand sein; verrückt sein".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for einen Vogel haben, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is einen Vogel haben, spelled E-I-N-E-N- -V-O-G-E-L- -H-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht so ganz bei Verstand sein; verrückt sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how einen Vogel haben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei dieser Kälte nach draußen gehen? Hast du einen Vogel?“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.